Game-Breaking Glitch in Zelda: Skyward Sword

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By Audrey Drake

Skyloftian heroes, beware. If you're knee deep in the middle of playing Link's latest adventure, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, you should take note of a game-breaking glitch that can occur during the Song of the Hero quest. No, it won't make your Crimson Loftwing fly backwards a la Skyrim, but it can halt your progress in the game and force you to start over. Not cool.

As first reported by the folks at Zelda Informer, Nintendo has responded to this complaint by isolating exactly what causes it to happen. Apparently the bug is triggered if you complete the Lanayru Desert portion of this quest first, then speak with Golo the Goron in Lanayru Mine, then complete the quest and receive that portion of the song, then go back to the mine and speak with Golo once more.

Doing all of these things locks the other two portions of the quest, preventing you from progressing in the game. Unless you have an earlier save file, this means having to start the adventure over. Considering this quest occurs rather late in the game, this is a tragic bug indeed for poor players who encounter it.

We've reached out to Nintendo to see if a patch will be released to fix this problem, we'll update this story as we find out more. In the meantime, avoiding this issue is actually pretty easy. Just don't talk to your Goron buddy more than once during that part. Or, even better, go for one of the other two portions of the quest first. Either of these will avoid the bug, but we certainly suggest just saving the Lanayru Desert mission for second or third. After all, it's hard to pass up a lonely, chatty Goron.

For a more detailed look at the glitch, and a surefire way to avoid it, check out the Skyward Sword Wiki.